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Medical Xpress / New research clears the way to healing lung diseases
Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which scar tissue grows in the lungs, making breathing more difficult. Approximately 2,170 Australians are diagnosed annually with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a form of the ...
Phys.org / Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in US
The Manhattan skyline was obscured by thick haze, and Chicago closed its beaches Thursday as out-of-control Canadian wildfires raged, sending smoke spewing into the United States and exposing millions of people to dangerously ...
Phys.org / New map shows which neighborhoods are at risk of climate gentrification
Extreme heat is not only making cities less livable; it is also reshaping who can afford to live where. The highest levels of vulnerability to climate gentrification are no longer found in the urban core, but in the metropolitan ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify immune cell that builds cancer-fighting hubs inside tumors
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified the immune cell that acts as the architect and coordinator of powerful immune hubs that form inside tumors and plays a key role in antitumor immunity. ...
Medical Xpress / Microbiota dysbiosis triggers intestinal cancer stemness
Scientists at National Taiwan University College of Medicine have discovered that cancer formation is not simply caused by gene mutations. Colorectal cancers primarily originate from epithelial cells that form adenocarcinomas ...
Medical Xpress / Finding the RNA aptamer in the haystack that could improve treatment for Parkinson's
Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative disorders that include serious conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. There are currently no cures for these disorders, and treatment is limited ...
Phys.org / What 'Neil the Seal' can teach us about seal behavior: Marine biologist explains
Neil the Seal became a social media sensation almost overnight. Neil is a 5-year-old male southern elephant seal who weighs roughly 1 metric ton (1.1 tons). He was born on the Tasman Peninsula in October 2020 and has made ...
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 shows promise for patients with advanced fatty liver disease
Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have reported results from a large international clinical trial showing that semaglutide, a medication in the GLP-1 class of drugs widely used to treat ...
Medical Xpress / Being obese can make you more likely to be unemployed
The effect of obesity on unemployment is more than twice as large as previously thought, finds a UK Biobank study of genetic evidence.
Science X / Ancient asteroid impact may explain Curiosity's first pure sulfur crystals on Mars
The bright yellow sulfur crystals discovered by NASA's Curiosity rover have puzzled scientists because sulfur on Mars is normally associated with mineral formations, not elemental deposits.
Phys.org / Tennessee canola acres increased in 2026
With high input costs and volatile crop markets affecting profitability, many Tennessee row crop producers are looking to diversify their farming operations in coming years. Canola, a cool-season crop, could serve as an alternative ...
Phys.org / India's private space industry shoots for the stars
Private companies are reshaping India's space ambitions, building rockets and satellites as the country pushes to capture a bigger share of the global space economy.